UK Foreign Secretary Gulf’s visit aims to boost economic, security ties – The Peninsula Qatar

UK Foreign Secretary Gulf’s visit aims to boost economic, security ties – The Peninsula Qatar

Doha: Cooperation on Afghanistan and security in the wider region will be top of the agenda of visiting British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, said the UK embassy in a statement yesterday. 

According to the statement, during the visit, Truss will visit the Park View Compound, a facility housing people who have left Afghanistan in recent weeks. The statement further said that Qatar has played a critical role in supporting safe passage for those seeking to leave Afghanistan, including over 100 British nationals since the UK’s evacuation operation ended in late August.

Truss will also launch a ‘Strategic Dialogue’ with Qatar as part of the visit, which will form the basis for deeper cooperation on security, development, trade and investment between the two countries. “The Foreign Secretary sees both Saudi Arabia and Qatar as important partners in deepening the UK’s economic, technology and security and defence ties with friends and allies around the world.”